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4 was made by C. SCHMIDT, the data being obtained from lymph 

 from the neck of a colt. The results are in parts per 1000. 



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Water 939.9 934.8 957.6 955.4 



Solids 60.1 65.2 42.4 44.6 



Fibrin 0.5 0.6 0.4 2.2 



Albumin 42.7 42.8 34.7 ) 



Fat, cholesterin, lecithin 3.8 9.2 L 34.9 



Extractive bodies 5.7 4.4 ....) 



Salts 7.3 8.2 7.3 7.5 



The mixture of salts found by C. SCHMIDT in the lymph of the 

 horse has the following composition, calculated in parts per 1000 

 parts of the lymph : 



Sodium chloride 5.67 



Soda 1.27 



Potash '. 0.16 



Sulphuric acid 0.09 



Phosporic acid united with alkalies 0.02 



Earthy phosphates 0.26 



Under pathological conditions the lymph may be so rich in 

 finely-divided fat that it appears like chyle. Such lymph has been 

 investigated by HENSBN in a case of lymph fistula in a ten-year-old 

 boy, and by LANG in a case of lymph fistula in the left upper part 

 of the thigh of a girl of seventeen. The lymph investigated by 

 HENSEK contained as an average of nineteen analyses 19 p. m. of 

 fat and 0.6 p. m. of cholesterin, while that investigated by LA^G 

 contained 24.8 p. m. of fat. 



The quantity of chyle and lymph must naturally change con- 

 siderably, therefore, for this and other reasons, the calculations of 

 the quantity in 24 hours are not to be depended upon. The food 

 t plays a very important role in the quantity of chyle and lymph. 

 NASSE has observed in dogs that the formation of lymph is 36$ 

 more after feeding with meat than after feeding with potatoes, and 

 about 54$ more than after 24 hours' deprivation of food. 



The amount of lymph is increased by the following influences, 

 namely, by increasing the total quantity of blood, as by transfusion 

 of blood (WORM MULLEK), raising the blood-pressure (LuDwiG and 

 TOMSA), increased influx of the arterial blood (LuowiG, RAGOWICZ. 

 GIANUZZI), and, above all, by preventing the discharge of the blood 



